Bengaluru, Aug. 13 -- The decision of the DK Shivakumar government to retain B Nagendra in the Karnataka Council of Ministers despite the BJP's sustained demand for his removal is set to become a fresh flashpoint in the ongoing Assembly session, giving the Opposition a ready-made political weapon against the ruling Congress.
The BJP has repeatedly targeted Nagendra over the alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation and has questioned the Congress government's decision to retain him in the ministry despite the controversy.
Nagendra had earlier resigned from the Cabinet amid the controversy surrounding the corporation, but the BJP has continued to demand that he should not be brought b...